Understanding the experience of flying to the edge of space on a 'Spaceship Neptune' balloon ride

Learn what to expect on your ride to the edge of space aboard Space Perspective's Spaceship Neptune capsule. CEO Jane Poynter ...
Jalopnik

Trips to the stratosphere will reportedly start at $50,000

Do you have way too much money burning a hole in your pocket and a desire to go to space but not quite enough money to afford a seat on a rocket that can take you to space? Well, then maybe a capsule ...
Yahoo

This balloon will take tourists 100,000 feet above Earth

Space is just a balloon ride away. Space Perspective, a Florida-based company, is making space travel accessible with its innovative SpaceBallon. The company’s SpaceShip Neptune is a pressurized ...
CNN

What’s the cheapest way to reach near-space? Ride a balloon

The first human to experience what’s now known as the “overview effect” was Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first person to view our planet from space a little over 63 years ago. Seeing ...
Gizmodo

So-Called ‘Space Balloon’ Completes Crucial Test Ahead of Tourist Flights

Space Perspective is hoping to have commercial operations underway in 2025, but a seat on the luxurious balloon is gonna cost you. Reading time 3 minutes The dream, if you can call it that, of ...
East Oregonian

In 2026, you’ll be able to pay $164,000 to ride a balloon to space

Space tourism, with a current market size of around $800 million, is expected to soon become a multi-billion dollar industry. Halo Space, a near-space, emission-free tourism company, has plans to ...
The Spokesman-Review

Florida company’s space balloon takes big step toward first human flight

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The weekend trip was a success for Space Perspective, the company that has more than 1,800 people waiting for their chance to take balloon rides in a posh capsule up to the edge ...
NBC Bay Area

Want to Travel to Space? In 2024, Balloons Might Take You Part of the Way There

Nearly half of Americans want to travel to space. But that means the other half doesn’t, according to a 2021 survey by ValuePenguin, one of LendingTree's financial research websites. Nearly 40% said ...
WFTV

Space Perspective prepares for tourist balloon rides to edge of space

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Perspective’s Marine Spaceport Voyager arrived at Port Canaveral carrying the Spaceship Neptune fresh off the heels of a successful uncrewed flight test off the coast of ...
The Next Web

Space tourism balloon startup unveils ‘luxury’ capsule design

A space tourism company promising stratospheric balloon rides has unveiled the vehicle’s capsule design. Halo Space is building the balloon for zero-emission commercial flights to altitudes of up to ...
Orlando Sentinel

Space Coast company’s space balloon takes big step toward 1st human flight

PORT CANAVERAL — The weekend trip was a success for Space Perspective, the company that already has more than 1,800 people waiting for their chance to take balloon rides in a posh capsule up to the ...